This sounds like a great challenge! My hair can definitely use some consistency and TLC. Unfortunately, I, too, am a Product Junkie, and jumping from product to product is doing absolutely nothing for my hair! I plan to kick the habit in 2013...lol...stability is KEY!

This sounds like a great challenge! My hair can definitely use some consistency and TLC. Unfortunately, I, too, am a Product Junkie, and jumping from product to product is doing absolutely nothing for my hair! I plan to kick the habit in 2013...lol...stability is KEY!

Originally Posted by Mane.attraction

Thats going to be hard for me, i promise to settle down though, next month .

For the start of the year i was going to start a no heat, no manipulation challenge. I am going to eliminate a form of heat i used to use on my hair and i will deep condition and shampoo twice a month and condition bi-weekly. I'm also going to have a protective style in for 6 months starting january 1,2013 to June 5,2013. im going to drink ALOT more water and eat right. i will also allow myself to have a seven day pass of leaving my hair out during the six months which i can choose to wear my hair out back to back or once a month. if you would like to join me you can put the following info and post a picture every month or tell how your doing with the challenge....
Length: 5 1/2
Goal: 8 - 10
Products: peter coppola conditioner, leave-in , shea butter
Protective style/ low manipulation: braids, twists, weave Cant wait to start this challenge

For the start of the year i was going to start a no heat, no manipulation challenge. I am going to eliminate a form of heat i used to use on my hair and i will deep condition and shampoo twice a month and condition bi-weekly. I'm also going to have a protective style in for 6 months starting january 1,2013 to June 5,2013. im going to drink ALOT more water and eat right. i will also allow myself to have a seven day pass of leaving my hair out during the six months which i can choose to wear my hair out back to back or once a month. if you would like to join me you can put the following info and post a picture every month or tell how your doing with the challenge....
Length: 5 1/2
Goal: 8 - 10
Products: peter coppola conditioner, leave-in , shea butter
Protective style/ low manipulation: braids, twists, weave Cant wait to start this challenge

Stick To It Challenge
Choose 1 good hair care routine/regimen for 6 months and don't change it. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you don't change products. You can alternate between DC & PT etc as necessary but the routine should be consistent.

Stick To It Challenge
Choose 1 good hair care routine/regimen for 6 months and don't change it. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you don't change products. You can alternate between DC & PT etc as necessary but the routine should be consistent.

My Weekly Routine:
Precondition before the wash session with coconut oil then cleanse with curl junkie daily fix.
DC: Curl junkie deep fix w/ my olive honey mix.
Leave in CJ argan and olive oil daily condish or DB pumpkin seed or Herbal Essences honey I'm strong conditioner
Moisturize and seal with QB's Amla and Olive Heavy Cream and hemp seed oil or my homemade cupuacu and murumuru butter mix.
Braid to stretch hair and then take out of the plaits the following day to go in a bun for work.
Mid week:Oil rinse with coconut oil.
Protein condition with Millcreek Botanicals Henna Keratin Conditioner 1-2 times a month as needed.
That is it kids, for the year!!!! (The rotation will be streamlined for cost effectiveness over the course of the year; in other words, items on this list will be eliminated from my rotation over time.)

My weekly routine
Wash hair 3x a week to combat my dandruff
DC with steam after every wash to restore moisture and to soften my curls
Moisturize using the LOC method as needed
Protective style to protect ends and reduce detangling sessions.
(haven't decided on the products to use)

Now that the 2012 Grow Out Challenge is finished, is anyone considering any interesting challenges for 2013? I'm thinking about a simple one:

Stick To It Challenge
Choose 1 hair care routine/regimen for 6 months and don't change it for anything. It doesn't matter what you do as long as you don't change products. You can alternate between DC & PT etc as necessary but the routine should be consistent.

This is going to be hard for me because I don't have the discipline to consistently keep a routine and I'm a product junkie. In the long run this should save me some money at the very least.

I'm establishing a new routine with my weekly curlformers sets so I guess I will hold fast to that from January to June. For me this means no WNGs until the summer time.

No, not really... I kinda wanna join, but apart from QB stuff, I don't have 6 months worth of anything. So if I joined it'd be a 'stick to it until it's finished' challenge.
Also, no way I can only use one cleansing product for 6 months or whatever. I love my Bobeams and I gots to rotate! They're not all the same.

No, not really... I kinda wanna join, but apart from QB stuff, I don't have 6 months worth of anything. So if I joined it'd be a 'stick to it until it's finished' challenge.
Also, no way I can only use one cleansing product for 6 months or whatever. I love my Bobeams and I gots to rotate! They're not all the same.

Originally Posted by Jo Somebody

Its not that restrictive. You can rotate your bobeam bars & if you run out of stuff that's no biggie either. I just ran out of two staples I'll be replacing this weekend.

The goal is to stick with a regimen, whether its weekly or monthly, etc. & to avoid pjism.